Treehouse – UI / UX Design Intern

We are looking for an experienced and talented UI/UX Design Intern to design and shape unique, user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, and other UI/UX designers. You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be a great team player, experienced in working with agile teams.

• Collaborate closely with developers, copywriters and other UI/UX designers.

• Conceptualize, create, improve and use wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicate interactive ideas.

• Present and defend design decisions, ensuring it is in-line with the overall roadmap as well as your personal design thinking and fundamentals (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc).

• Continually keep up to speed with the latest trends, standards, and updates in the UI/UX industry.

• Ensure that the product interface aligns with the company’s overall vision and style.

• Understand and conduct usability testing.

Requirements

• Able to commit to a full-time internship

• Hold a strong existing portfolio and confident of explaining design concepts and ideation during the interview.

• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, etc.

• Experience using tools such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, UXPin, Quartz.

• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS3 Javascript.

• Creative ideas with a problem solving mindset.

• Experience working in an agile/scrum development process.

• Be open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it.

• A user-centric mindset.

• Great communication skills and capable of explaining decisions.

• Excellent understanding and experience in building financial applications / dashboards on desktop and/or mobile.

• Solid understanding of layouts and design as well as UI/UX design systems.

• Preferably be able to work on Figma.

• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.

Perks

• Do something meaningful; Be a part of the future of finance
• Fast moving, challenging and unique business problems
• Great career development opportunities in a growing company
• Flexible working hours, Casual work attire
• On-site company gym; and a fun & global team!